Madonna's photo war with Guy Ritchie over son

Madonna posted this photo of her and Rocco with the caption: "Merry X-mas to the Sun-shine of my Life!". Photo / Instagram

The battle over their teenage son became a war of the picture album for Guy Ritchie and Madonna.

The former couple traded photos on the Instagram social network to try to show who had the better Christmas.

Ritchie's new wife Jacqui posted a picture of their wedding day in July with Rocco standing by her side smiling and the caption "Happy holidays with love from the Ritchies".

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May your days be merry and bright 🌟

A post shared by Jacqui Ainsley Ritchie (@jacquiritchie) on Dec 24, 2015 at 10:38pm PST

The couple's three children are also in the shot, as is David Banda, ten, whom Ritchie and Madonna adopted before they divorced in 2008. Meanwhile, Madonna posted an old one of her and Rocco with the caption: "Merry X-mas to the Sun-shine of my Life!"

She also posted pictures of her other children celebrating Christmas with her in the US.

Rocco, 15, refused to return to the US to be with his mother last week so remained in the UK with Ritchie, 47.

The family battle became public when Madonna, 57, went to the Manhattan Supreme Court to try to force Rocco to join her for Christmas.

Justice Deborah Kaplan ruled that Rocco should return to the US before the start of the new school year, which is likely to be January 4.

Spokesmen for Madonna and Ritchie were unavailable for comment.

- Daily Mail